As General David Petraeus
testifies on Capitol Hill
this week about progress in Iraq,
That nation remains fragile,
any further withdrawal of troops.
will be facing third or even fourth
They were gone for nearly two years,
they had been in Bosnia and Sydney.
we were soldiers of fortune.
Rifle powder flowed through
My ex said that when I dreamed
don't ever let us forget about em
While they rake in their oil revenue
and they sniff the powder
But I'll be honest with you,
5 months after I enlisted
I represent the fresh recruit
trying to get changed for food stamps
I represent for system children
Babies depending on drugs
They still let it get you down,
Trained for this, they don't know
you went to the range for this
you do the jobs they can 't
it was you who sur vived them camps
that there's more talent in
our jails in the military
than there is in the whole
But most of us all it would have took
resources to be discovered
until we all come back from Iraq with PTS
So most of us just stay in and PCS
a lot of soldiers like white
and I'm pre pared for attack
I fell hook line and sinker
for the snare in the trap if you
I brought back from Iraq,
This is not about me, this is about we
Us at the rifle range, us doing P .T.
Like it or not, I'm a soldier
don't let them get you down,
they don't know you went to the
You're a soldier, born, and made
you do the jobs they can't,
It was you who sur vived them camps
We will never forget that Jesus
don't let you sit you down
You're a soldier, trained for this
They don't know you went to
You're a soldier, born bred and made
you do the jobs they can't,
It was you who sur vived them camps
We will never forget that
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